There's been much discussion about the "longboard craze" on these forums, and I think I know what brought it about: Kiting. Windsurfers like myself who get tired of sitting on the beach watching kiters in 13 kts, but are unwilling to take up kiting (dangerous), went out & got themselves a longboard for something to do in light winds. Guess what? It's f***ing FUN!!!_________________Spennie the Wind Junkie
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Yes, the Firelight 6.0, the 5.0 works as well but the 6.0 is so light that has no disadvantage, especially on such a big platform. The beast actually gets on a plane with some wind

Spennie: I agree, one of the good contributions of Wind-SUP is to take us out of the 5.0-or-no-sailing mentality. In 10-15 Knots a medium-big slalom is king, a long board or Formula gets going even lower, but the advantage of a Wind-SUP is that it is easy and requires no special equipment: you can use the same rig you have for B&J and have fun. A no brainer really: the SUP gets you on the water with great exercise, plug in your rig and you are sailing! And a lower wind limit than Kites: yesterday no kite could have been out sailing, but I was happily going around in the tiny breeze

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Try Amundson, Starboard, Exocet, Naish, all have sailable SUPs, probably a few more brands as well. I SUP on my Kona One quite a bit, only 27" wide so it's slightly tippy, but it's an excellent windsurfing longboard. I put the centerboard down for extra stability, works great. Big long boards for touring, shorter boards for waveriding, pay attention to displacement or you'll suffer a lot!_________________Spennie the Wind Junkie
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